45 adults were registered as officially homeless in Kerry during the last full week of April (21–27 April 2025).
This represents a slight decrease of two compared to the 47 recorded in March.
April’s monthly homelessness statistics were published this evening by the Department of Housing.
The South-West region's data includes figures from Kerry County Council, Cork City Council, and Cork County Council.
In total, 695 adults accessed local authority-managed emergency accommodation in the South-West during that week.
Of these, 538 were single adults, comprising 447 men and 248 women.
In terms of families, 96 were accommodated in the region, including 56 single-parent families.
These families included 193 children.
Sinn Féin councillors in Kerry have called on Kerry County Council to revise how it calculates homelessness figures for the Department of Housing.
Currently, the council does not classify individuals temporarily staying with family or friends, so-called couch-surfers, rough sleepers, or unaccommodated asylum seekers as homeless.
Nationally, homelessness has reached another record high, with 15,580 people now accessing emergency accommodation.
Housing minister James Browne described the figures as "upsetting."
When broken down by age, 98 adults in the South-West were aged 18–24, 403 were aged 25–44, 172 were aged 45–64, and 22 were aged 65 or over.
In terms of citizenship, 435 adults were Irish, 87 were from the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, and 173 were from non-EEA countries.
